Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Hinckley Jr., the shooter who made an attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life to impress Jodie Foster in 1981, has a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remarkably, Reagan's split-second decision to smile and wave to Hinckley -- whom he had no idea was lying in wait for him -- ...

John Hinckley Jr. says he planned to shoot President Ronald Reagan as he entered the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981, but a smile and wave from Reagan caused him to hesitate, "Reagan" biopic ...

The moment was surreal. I was driving down Main Street when the strains of the Beatles crooning, "I want to hold your hand" were interrupted by a newsman announcing in a controlled, quiet voice, "We ...

John Hinckley Jr. shot the former president and three other men in 1981 ...

Hinckley shed light on his delusional state at the time of his attempted assassination of the president, saying Foster “could have been a target” instead Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty; ...

WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan had apparently tried to meet with John Hinckley Jr, the shooter, as revealed in a podcast interview that aired on Wednesday. It was the director of St. Elizabeths Hospital ...

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John Hinckley Jr., at left in his 1981 mugshot, spoke about Jodie Foster in a new interview. John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to impress Jodie Foster, said he ...

John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in an attempt to impress Jodie Foster, has a new message for the actress nearly 45 years later. “I just wish Jodie Foster well, you know. I ...